Auchincloss: Detaining Tufts Grad Student Breaks Tradition!
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) stated that the Trump administration’s move to detain Turkish students who attended Tufts University on student visas was unusual, deviating from Massachusetts’s traditions. “For four centuries, Massachusetts has embraced students and immigrants. The video we witnessed today of Tufts graduate student Le Mesa Ozturk being apprehended by a masked officer contradicts […]
Auchincloss says preemptive pardons seem to 'imply guilt'
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday pushed back on suggestions that President Biden should preemptively pardon people who have publicly criticized President-elect Trump, saying those people have done nothing wrong. He said he had not. Asked about the idea of a preemptive pardon in an interview with Chris Stilwald on NewsNation's “The Hill Sunday,” Auchincloss […]
Auchincloss: Senate must reject ‘dangerous’ RFK Jr. as HHS head
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Friday urged the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Editorial In Boston Globe magazine. “Now Donald Trump is telling Kennedy to go.” wild” as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Not only is Kennedy unqualified, he is dangerous, especially to children. The […]
Auchincloss: Trump nominated Hegseth because 'he wants yes men around him'
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) said Fox News' Pete Hegseth was chosen as Secretary of Defense simply because President-elect Trump wants “yes men” around him. He said no. “He's not qualified to be secretary of defense,” Auchincloss said on NewsNation's “The Hill” on Thursday. ” he said. Mr. Auchincloss argued that Mr. Trump recognized the importance […]
Auchincloss defends Walz’s service, calls attacks ‘desperate political smear job’
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) defended Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military service in an interview Sunday, calling attacks on the governor’s record a “desperate political smear campaign.” Asked in an interview with Chris Styrewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” whether Waltz misrepresented his job duties, Auchincloss said, “No, he didn’t.” “The attacks from Trump and Vance […]